Timothy Knoster

Tim P. Knoster, Ed.D., is a professor at the McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support in the College of Education at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He has been involved in preservice and in-service teacher training since the mid-1980s and has served in multiple roles in education, including classroom teacher, Director of Student Support Services and Special Education, and principal investigator and program evaluator on state and federally funded projects focused on classroom and student-centered behavior intervention and support. He has also served as Executive Director of the International Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) since its inception in 2003.

Knoster is the author of The Teacher’s Guide for Effective Classroom Management: A Trauma-Informed Approach (with Stephanie Gardner) and the earlier The Teacher’s Pocket Guide for Effective Classroom Management, widely used resources on positive behavior support and classroom management for K–12 teachers. His published work also includes coauthoring Designing Positive Behavior Support Plans and contributing to peer‑reviewed articles on functional behavioral assessment and trauma-informed practices in schools.